**The Opportunity** Are you looking for a supportive, collaborative workplace with great teams and inspiring leaders? You’ve come to the right place. We’re looking for ambitious people who share our values and want to make every day better for people around the world. If this sounds like you, and the career below sounds exciting, we’d like to hear from you. Job Profile Description This role is responsible for continuing solution architecture support to ongoing major enhancements of Asia digital platform of Manulife To be successful in this role, the candidate shall possess deep expertise in technical skills (knowledge depth and breadth on Web Technologies and Cloud Technologies), and non-technical skills (e.g. stakeholder management, communication with different stakeholder across different markets and business units). **Solution Architect Accountabilities (working with programs/projects)** + Create and maintain solution architecture related artifacts i.e., high level design, low-level design (in-sprint designs) based on functional and non-functional requirements and aligning the design delivery to agile methodology. + Create and maintain non-functional requirement related to capacity requirements, user projections, transaction projection and volumes, performance requirements, security requirements, and operational requirement. + Groom low-level design / in-sprint design together with Technical Lead and Development team within a squad. + Create and/or review user stories including clearly articulating the acceptance criteria. + Review and approve user stories per sprint, making sure that the user stories aligned to created architecture design, acceptance criteria, and non-functional requirements. + Create and maintain architecture logs and architecture decision records. + Review estimation provided by Technical Lead or Development team. There will be scenarios where estimation will be created by an architect. + Work with Program/Project Managers and Business Analyst to identify the required solution to be delivered for MVP (Minimum Viable Product). This solution will be used as an input for defining the “Release Plan” prior to sprint development. + Work with Enterprise Architects to define the target state architecture. This includes creation of Technical Solution Architecture document, presentation of Solution Architecture to Architecture Review Board and getting it approved per required phase (SDR1, SDR2, SDR3). + Work with Infrastructure / Platform Architects to define the required infrastructure / platform architecture (using PaaS solution). + Work with Data Architects to define the conceptual, logical, and physical data model including data integration. + Work with Country Architects to define and maintain integration requirement with respective country IT systems. + Work with Security team to define the end-to-end security requirement of the application. + Work with Operations team to define and operationalize monitoring requirement. **Solution Architecture Capability Responsibilities (working with architecture community)** + Work with MITDC Solution architects in building architecture capability e.g. API Governance, Microservice Governance, Application Software Standardization, UI Governance. + Participate in Community of Practice to share knowledge and experience related to projects and technologies. + Contribute in building architecture repository for reference architectures, design patterns and proposing architecture standards relevant to application architecture. **Manulife Organization Responsibilities:** + Establishes and delivers digital applications/platforms via Manulife IT Delivery Center, Asia (MITDC). + Maximizes the reuse of digital technologies, solutions & skills across Manulife Asia to achieve cost efficiencies utilizing existing organizational practices i.e., Agile delivery, DevSecOps. Create repeatable technical playbooks and collaborative IT process automation practices. + Travels within Asia to meet multi-regional Digital delivery, support, leadership and project responsibilities. _Note: Travel is in consideration of Covid-19 situation or in general safety consideration in guidance with company and country regulatory safety requirements._ **Application Architecture Skills** + Web Technologies - Angular, Springboot, Java, Rest API, Mobile i.e. iOS/Android. _Preferred technologies - Angular, API, Java, SpringBoot_ + Cloud Technologies – Azure, AWS, GCP (or similar cloud technologies). _Preferred technologies - Azure_ + Data and Integration Technologies – SQL or NoSQL, Redis, Service Bus, API Gateway, Event Hub or similar technologies. _Preferred technologies – Azure SQL, Azure Redis, Azure Service Bus, Azure APIM._ + Operational Support/Monitoring Technologies –Application Performance Management tools i.e., New Relic, Devo, or similar technologies, DevSecOps stack i.e., Jenkins, Artifactory, Git, SonarQube, WebInspect, Fortify or similar technologies _Preferred technologies – New Relic, Devo, Jenkins, Artifactory, Git, SonarQube, WebInspect._ + Architecture Experience - Architecture deliverables such high level design, low level design using UML, designing application architecture i.e. microservices, API, sequence diagram, context diagram. _Preferred experience - Designing API specifications, microservices, sequence diagram, component diagram, context diagram_ + Application Portfolio Management (APM) – Experience in APM practice (architecture roadmap, application lifecycle, asset management, business capability mapping) and its associated tools (e.g. LeanIX). Preferred experience: _LeanIX, CMDB_ **People Management and Leadership Skills** + Provides hands-on technical leadership to software development team (squads/tribes). + Provide architecture direction to program/project stakeholders, support architecture decisions to unblock program/project risks/issues. + Develop and foster relationships with Product Owners (regional and/or market/country level), Business Analyst, QAs, Technical Lead, and other Business Units (Technology Office, Data Office, Security Group, Production Support Team). + Coach, mentor and software development teams in implementing architectures and standards. **Required Qualifications:** + 5+ years of experience in Solution Architecture + 5+ years of broad Financial Services experience + 12+ years of experience in project delivery & Software Development Life Cycle (SLDC) using agile delivery methodology. + 12+ years’ experience with e-business, digital and partner integration programs + Extensive experience dealing with third parties including management of an offshore ADM center + Experience working with remote/geographically dispersed teams including extensive travel + Experience with Insurance customer channels including: Direct, Affinity, Agents, Brokers, GI and Bancassurance + Experience in Application development, design & integration **_When you join our team:_** + We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want. + We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words. + As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see. **Tentang Manulife dan John Hancock** Manulife Financial Corporation adalah grup layanan keuangan internasional yang membantu memudahkan keputusan dan membuat hidup lebih baik bagi nasabah. Dengan kantor utama kami di Toronto, Kanada, kami beroperasi sebagai Manulife di seluruh kantor kami di Asia, Kanada, dan Eropa, serta utamanya sebagai John Hancock di Amerika Serikat. Kami menyediakan nasihat keuangan, asuransi, serta solusi manajemen kekayaan dan aset untuk individu, grup, dan lembaga. Pada akhir tahun 2022, kami memiliki lebih dari 40.000 karyawan, lebih dari 116.000 agen, dan ribuan mitra distribusi yang melayani lebih dari 34 juta nasabah. Pada akhir tahun 2022, kami memiliki $1,3 triliun (US$1,0 triliun) dalam aset yang dikelola dan administrasi, termasuk total aset yang diinvestasikan sebesar $0,4 triliun (US$0,3 triliun), dan aset bersih dana terpisah sebesar $0,3 triliun (US$0,3 triliun). Kami terdaftar dengan kode ‘MFC’ di bursa efek Toronto, New York, dan Filipina, serta ‘945’ di bursa efek Hong Kong. **Manulife adalah Perusahaan dengan Kesetaraan Kesempatan Kerja** Di Manulife/John Hancock, kita merayakan keragaman. Kita berusaha menarik, mengembangkan, dan mempertahankan tenaga kerja yang sama beragamnya dengan nasabah yang kita layani dan untuk mengembangkan lingkungan kerja inklusif yang menerima kekuatan budaya dan individu. Kita berkomitmen untuk melaksanakan rekrutmen, retensi, peningkatan, dan kompensasi secara adil, dan kita mengatur semua praktik dan program tanpa adanya diskriminasi. Baik itu diskriminasi karena ras, keturunan, tempat asal, warna kulit, asal etnis, kewarganegaraan, agama atau keyakinan agama, kepercayaan, jenis kelamin (termasuk kehamilan dan kondisi terkait kehamilan), orientasi seksual, karakteristik genetika, status veteran, identitas gender, ekspresi gender, usia, status pernikahan, status keluarga, disabilitas, maupun alasan lain yang dilindungi oleh hukum yang berlaku. Menyediakan akses hubungan kerja yang adil merupakan prioritas utama kita. 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